Kelleann Foster, a long-time professor of landscape architecture in the Stuckeman School and the director of the online Geodesign graduate program, retired from Penn State on Dec. 31, 2021. She remains a member of the Department of Landscape Architecture faculty as an emeritus professor.
Foster led the development of the Geodesign program, which is offered exclusively through the World Campus, and has served as its director for eight years. Roxi Thoren, head of the Department of Landscape Architecture, has appointed David Goldberg, associate clinical professor of landscape architecture, to lead the program. Goldberg played a key role in establishing geodesign as an area of graduate studies at Penn State.